The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT is a community hub for students, alumni and faculty who seek to accelerate social and economic progress through innovation-driven entrepreneurship. The Center was founded in order to demonstrate the power of entrepreneurship to catalyze transformation in society and to improve global wellbeing.
The Legatum Center offers a portfolio of programs that support students at every stage of their entrepreneurial journey, from those still discovering their path, to those exploring specific market opportunities, to those executing a plan that transforms opportunity into an innovative venture.
The Center runs a competitive fellowship program for MIT students with a commitment to building and scaling their ventures through principled entrepreneurial leadership. They provide seed grants and travel support for students looking to explore and experience global innovation-driven entrepreneurship (IDE) opportunities. They also offer research grants and assistantships for faculty and students looking to understand and shape the conditions for system change. In addition, the Center runs competitions, conferences, and events to promote and shape discourse on bottom-up development and system change through IDE.